SpaceX catches returning rocket in mid-air, turning a fanciful idea into reality
The upside of SpaceX’s architecture is that, with refueling, Starship can theoretically ferry payloads of 100…
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Can walls of oysters protect shores against hurricanes? Darpa wants to know.
Playing defense Reefense The project is one of three being developed under a $67.6 million program…
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Why a diabetes drug fell short of anticancer hopes
But the latest research has convinced Pollak and some others that treatment of cancers should be…
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Greening of Antartica shows how climate change affects the frozen continent
When satellites first started peering down on the craggy, glaciated Antarctic Peninsula about 40 years ago,…
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Rocket Report: Falcon 9 second stage stumbles; Japanese rocket nears the end
Impulse Space raises $150 million. Los Angeles-based space startup Impulse Space, which is led by renowned…
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The politically incorrect guide to saving NASA’s floundering Artemis Program
Enlarge / A rendering of NASA’s Lunar Gateway. NASA Regardless of the outcome of this year’s…
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Your cells are dying. All the time.
Enlarge / 3D rendering of an NK Cell destroying a cancer cell. https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/cell-destroying-a-cancer-cell-royalty-free-image/1250270667 Billions of cells…
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SpaceX launches mission to bring Starliner astronauts back to Earth
Enlarge / SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft climbs away from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on…
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Opinion: How to design a US data privacy law
Enlarge akinbostanci/Getty Images Nick Dedeke is an associate teaching professor at Northeastern University, Boston. His research…
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Bird flu is spreading rapidly in California; infected herds double over weekend
Enlarge / Cows being milked in Wisconsin on May 8, 2024. Getty | Matthew Ludak The…
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Satellite images suggest test of Russian “super weapon” failed spectacularly
Late last week, Russia’s military planned to launch a Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on a…
